Tag Archives: Fuel

From GH¢6 to GH¢8 in 3 months – How fuel prices have fared in the first quarter of 2022

Fuel is one of the racing products in Ghana today as far as price hikes is concerned and drivers, private and commercial have become very worried. The prices of crude oil, Brent, gasoil and gasoline have witnessed a sharp increase due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the past few …

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Kojo Antwi ventures into oil marketing business; opens his first fuel station at Kasoa

Aside from his singing career, legendary Ghanaian highlife musician, Julius Kojo Antwi has also moved into the oil marketing business, opening his first filling station named Torrid Fueling Station. The newly opened fuel station is located at Kasoa Krispo City along the Accra-Cape Coast highway. Announcing this on Facebook, Mr. Music Man, …

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LPG price up 5% after fuel price, transport fare hikes

LPG consumers will, henceforth, be paying 5 per cent more for the same quantity of the fuel they purchased previously, as the price of the commodity shoots up from today, Thursday, 3 March 2022, as a result of the restoration of the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levy (PSRL) on fuel …

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COPEC slams government over fuel price hike

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has accused  government of not taking steps to mitigate fuel prices in the country. COPEC is asking government to use the windfall revenue that it is accruing as an Oil Producing Country as international oil prices go up to cushion the petroleum importers and …

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Fuel prices cross GHS8.00 per litre

Fuel prices at some fuel stations continue to rise, crossing the GHS 8 per litre mark in the first week of March 2022. This is expected to have a ripple effect on other Oil Marketing Companies, which will also adjust their prices upwards. Only two weeks ago, fuel prices averaged …

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Fuel prices beat NPP to ‘break the 8’

The New Patriotic Party’s desire to be the first political party under the Fourth Republic to stay in power for more than eight years may well be alive but they have now lost the “Break the 8” race to fuel prices. They may soon lose out to the dollar which is …

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Don’t expect drop in fuel prices any time soon due to Russia-Ukraine crisis – Jinapor warns

Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu, John Jinapor, has asked Ghanaians not to expect reduction in fuel prices any time soon due to the ongoing geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine. He has asked the Government of Ghana to use the profits made from crude oil sales to cushion Ghanaians during …

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NPP, the dollar or fuel prices: Who ‘breaks the 8’ first?

Usually, in the lead up to major elections, slogans fly around. The political parties, both big and small, know the effect slogans have on the electorates and the race for who gets the most catchy slogan is always intriguing. Remember “Asie Ho, Forward ever, backwards never, Ghana must work again, …

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Ablakwa to drag Agyapong, Quartey and Adwoa Safo before Privileges Committee

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has hinted that, he will be dragging three MPs before the Privileges Committee for their absenteeism without the Speaker’s permission. The three MPs are; Sarah Adwoa Safo, Dome-Kwabenya MP, Kennedy Agyapong, Assin Central MP and Henry Quartey, Ayawaso Central MP. According to …

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Bawumia concerned about high fuel prices

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has attributed the consistent increase in fuel prices to the transition in energy usage to renewables by the global community. He has therefore directed the Ministry of Energy and other allied ministries to formulate strategies that will address prices in fuel and also the use of …

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